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| Author | Paulette Sant |
| Abstract | A descriptive non-experimental research design, using self-administered questionnaires and structured interviews, was undertaken to investigate nurses' and patients' perceptions of the learning needs of post-MI patients in a hospital setting. While exploring these perceptions, the study also sought to find out how much importance these subjects attached to different categories and informational items of educational content post-MI. Convenience sampling was used to recruit nine CCU nurses and five post-MI patients. A 100% response rate was achieved. Findings revealed that both nurses and patients rated all informational items from `moderately important' to `important' for post-MI patients to learn during hospitalisation. Results also showed that post-MI patients perceived knowledge related to survival as being of prime importance, while they rated informational items related to reasons or explanations for events as least important. CCU nurses rated `psychological factors' as a primary concern for patients to learn and `physical activity' as the least important to learn. The findings of the study are discussed, and several recommendations for practice and further research are made. |
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| Key words | Nurses, Perceptions, Learning Needs, Post-Myocardial Infarction, Thesis |